The URI Club Sports Office has announced the dates for the Fall 2023 team organizational meetings. Meetings will take place at 4:00PM and 5:00PM on Tuesday September 5th and Thursday September 7th. All new and returning students who are interested in joining a club sport team during the 2023-2024 school year should plan to attend […]
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Women’s Ice Hockey Seeking New Head Coach
The URI Women’s Hockey team is accepting applications for its head coach position. Interested candidates can find more information and submit an application here. Questions may be directed to Joe Wilbur, Coordinator of Club Sports at joseph_wilbur@uri.edu or 401-874-2732.
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by Lucas Masiello ’24 KINGSTON, RI – The Rhode Island Sailing Team is excited to welcome Head Coach Matthew Peter to the team. Joining the Rams after a two-year stint as assistant coach at the U.S. Naval Academy, during which Navy won both Coed Fleet and Team Race Nationals, Coach Peter brings elite-level coaching experience […]
Continue reading "Sailing: New Leaders at the Helm"Sailing: Rams Wins McMillan, Sail Kennedy Cup, Open Atlantic Coast Trophy, Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship
by: Lucas Masiello ’24 ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Rhode Island Sailing Team competed in a number of late-season interconference regattas, winning the MacMillan Cup for the first time in 52 years and competing in the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship and Open Atlantic Coast Trophy. Hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy, the McMillan Cup is the […]
Continue reading "Sailing: Rams Wins McMillan, Sail Kennedy Cup, Open Atlantic Coast Trophy, Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship"Sailor Spotlight: Olympian Okyanus Arikan
by Lucas Masiello ’24 ENOSHIMA, JPN- Skippering in A-Fleet at interconference women’s regattas as a freshman for the Rhode Island Sailing Team, Okyanus Arikan ’26 is no stranger to being the youngest in a fleet. At 16 years old, Arikan is the youngest sailor to ever compete in an Olympic Games. Furthermore, Arikan is the […]
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by Lucas Masiello ’24 CHICAGO, IL – The URI Offshore Sailing Team performed valiantly at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta and Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta this fall, finishing first and third respectively. The offshore team swept the five-boat J/105 fleet at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR), held Sept. 23-25 in Chicago at the […]
Continue reading "Sailing: Offshore Team Wins Chicago IOR, Podium at Larchmont"Sailor Spotlight: Cooper Newton
by: Lucas Masiello ’24 GEORGETOWN, BAHAMAS- Gap years are often spent working, living at home or backpacking, but freshman Cooper Newton ’26 had far more lofty goals. A lifelong sailor, Newton spent 265 days solo at sea sailing 5,500 miles to the Caribbean and back from his home in Mattapoisett, Mass. Hundreds of cruising yachts […]
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by: Meghan O’Brien ’25 Welcome back Club Sports, as we enter our 2022-23 academic and athletic season. Our program’s teams have already recommenced and begun this year’s hustle. Our Club Sports teams have already had about three weeks’ worth of competition, and this is how they have done so far. Sailing There have been 17 […]
Continue reading "Welcome Back"Club Sports Weekend Recap: February 28th
The University of Rhode Island Club Sports program finished out the month with a weekend full of competitions from Men’s Volleyball, Wrestling, Women’s Ice Hockey, Women’s Ultimate Frisbee, Women’s Lacrosse and Gymnastics. Men’s Volleyball Men’s Volleyball A Team had a tough tournament on Feb. 27 at Bryant. They came out with a 2-0 win over […]
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The University of Rhode Island Club Sports program had a busy weekend with competitions from men’s and women’s hockey, men’s volleyball, and wrestling. Men’s Ice Hockey The Men’s Hockey team faced off against Stony Brook University at home for a doubleheader on Feb. 4 and Feb. 5. Rhode Island looking to secure first place in […]
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